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Associate Director, Leadership Development

AbbVie
United Statesfull_timeVerifiedPosted 6 Jul 2026

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Company Description

About AbbVie

AbbVie's mission is to discover and deliver innovative medicines and solutions that solve serious health issues today and address the medical challenges of tomorrow. We strive to have a remarkable impact on people's lives across several key therapeutic areas including immunology, oncology and neuroscience - and products and services in our Allergan Aesthetics portfolio. For more information about AbbVie, please visit us at www.abbvie.com. Follow @abbvie on LinkedIn, FacebookInstagramX and YouTube.

Job Description

The Associate Director of US Leadership Development reports to the Director of US Leadership Development with responsibility of directly supporting and partnering with business teams and commercial leadership.

The Associate Director is responsible for improving the performance of US Commercial leaders by assessing the development needs and areas of opportunity to drive leadership training initiatives. He/She/They plays a crucial role as subject matter expert in strategically identifying and establishing optimal development solutions to increase leader capabilities and support their respective businesses to enhance and drive performance in a rapidly changing marketplace.

The Associate Director must earn and maintain the trust of their stakeholders to coach them in fostering continued leader development. He/she/they will provide expertise and consultancy to therapeutic area Vice Presidents; General Managers; and functional leadership teams to assess viability and effectiveness of established development programs and future initiatives.

This role will be responsible for creatively designing, planning, supervising, and implementing effective development methods aligned with the objectives, culture, and strategy of AbbVie that enhance performance and recognize key leader talent.

 

Key Responsibilities Include:

USLD Associate Director is an internal consultant who coaches and guides leaders to foster positive work culture and teamwork while delivering executional goals that drive business results. The Associate Director is considered the resident expert on leadership development. He/she/they will be responsible for:

  • Performing needs assessment
  • Anticipate and analyze business needs
  • Identify potential talent gaps
  • Ensure alignment of learning solutions with business goals
  • Engage partners in design and manage the delivery of training solutions
  • Measuring value of programming and behavior change

 

He/she/they will work to cultivate a partnership with BHR, corporate talent functions and teams to create, align, and implement consistent program processes and communication practices.  This includes the following expectations:

  • Utilize a variety of adult learning strategies, technologies, and proven techniques to engage stakeholders in a cost-effective manner.
  • Understand and adhere to legal, medical, regulatory and compliance guidelines.
  • Design, customize, improve learning programming, and collaborate with vendor partners.
  • Delivery of leadership programs encompassing, but not limited to: Korn Ferry programs, TalentSmarts EQ, Leading Teams, Coaching, Ways We Work/Culture, Leadership Enhancement Days (LED), Leadership Meetings, USLD enterprise-wide programs, and intact team leadership sessions
  • Stay abreast of corporate and industry solutions and demands and keep informed on assigned areas of responsibility and business priorities
  • Lead the curriculum and learning design and implementation of commercial enterprise programs and learning solutions including onboarding/transition support, executive coaching, assessment instruments, leader skill building and talent development for select groups of potential future, new and experienced leaders.  Leader groups include any personnel in a US Leadership Role
  • Develop and execute learning solutions around skill, career, and personal development. Ensure that all activities are holistic and that they are conducted in an effective and efficient manner with goals and objectives being met
  • Fully accountable for the flawless execution of all in-person and virtual learning events including learning journey design, facilitation, materials, and logistics 
  • Source, select, evaluate, and manage external faculty and executive coaches
  • Identify, evaluate, and report long term talent impact metrics

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